MAGIC

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Why do we believe in magic? Magical Land What is Magic? This is what we came up with... The Psychology behind it... Real Life Situation Thanks for watching! "The power of apparently influencing the course of events by using mysterious or supernatural forces" (google). Stay tuned for our video...! You see what they want you to see.Magic seemingly happens too fast for the brain to process so the trick seems magical. Society in general feels the need to believe in fantasy, magical beings, and supernatural powers. The Ellusionist, a professional group of youtube magicians. Bibliography:http://magic.about.com/od/glossaryofmagicterms/g/magic.htm So, why do we believe in MAGIC? "While 'magic' has lots of meanings to different people, for our purposes here at Magic.about.com, 'magic' refers to the art of illusion or the process of making something appear to be happening that actually isn't" (Kawamoto). Magic is...breaking the normdoing something out of the ordinarysomething that requires outside unnatural forces UBC did a study of card magic and these were the 5 factors that they measured:VisibilityMemorabilityLikabilityVerbal accessibilityVisual accessibility As a result, people are more likely to choose...hearts and spadesface cardsaces, 2's, and 3's Is there a societal need for magic? Examples:SantaTooth FairyThe Easter BunnyWitches and WizardsFairy GodmothersFairiesSuperheroes Magic is a social construct that inspires creativity in children and presents the need for questioning things. I believe in fairies! http://ancientthoughts.com/magic/theory.htmhttp://www.psychologyofmagic.org/research/cards/http://magic.about.com/od/libraryofsimpletricks/ig/Easy-Magic-Tricks/